Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 570-574 , December 2009

Robotic system-based fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy in locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma

  • YoungSeok Seo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Republic of Korea
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  • HyungJun Yoo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, 215-4 Gongneung-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-706, Republic of Korea.
    • ,
  • SungYul Yoo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • ChulKoo Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • KwangMo Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Mi-Sook Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • ChulWon Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • YoungJu Shin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • DongHan Lee

      Affiliations

    • CyberKnife Center, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • GukHang Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Republic of Korea

Received 19 February 2009 ,Revised 16 September 2009 ,Accepted 27 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.10.018

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 570-574 , December 2009

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